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title: תַּחְפְּנֵיס — Tahpenes · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תַּחְפְּנֵיס (8472), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: Tahpenes. BDB 1906: n.pr.f. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תַּחְפְּנֵיס

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«תַּחְפְּנֵיס» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Tahpenes** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 3 times · **Key:** 8472 · **BDB:** תַּחְפְּנֵיס

### Glosses

of.Tahpenes (2); Tahpenes (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Tahpenes [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8472/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.f. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8472/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.f. Egyptian queen;—1 K 11:19, 20, -נֵס v 20; Θεκ\[χ\]εμεινα.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תַּחְפְּנֵיס» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8472/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Kings 11:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.11.19/)

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וַיִּמְצָא֙ הֲדַ֥ד חֵ֛ן בְּעֵינֵ֥י פַרְעֹ֖ה מְאֹ֑ד וַיִּתֶּן־ל֤וֹ אִשָּׁה֙ אֶת־אֲח֣וֹת אִשְׁתּ֔וֹ אֲח֖וֹת תַּחְפְּנֵ֥יס הַגְּבִירָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he.found Hadad favor in the.eyes of.Pharaoh exceedingly and he.gave to him a.wife (et) the.sister his.own.wife his the.sister of.Tahpenes the queen

*JPS 1917:* And Hadad found great favour in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him to wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen.

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[1 Kings 11:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.11.20/)

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וַתֵּ֨לֶד ל֜וֹ אֲח֣וֹת תַּחְפְּנֵ֗יס אֵ֚ת גְּנֻבַ֣ת בְּנ֔וֹ וַתִּגְמְלֵ֣הוּ תַחְפְּנֵ֔ס בְּת֖וֹךְ בֵּ֣ית פַּרְעֹ֑ה וַיְהִ֤י גְנֻבַת֙ בֵּ֣ית פַּרְעֹ֔ה בְּת֖וֹךְ בְּנֵ֥י פַרְעֹֽה׃

*Word for word:* and she.bore to him the.sister of.Tahpenes (et) Genubath son his and she weaned.him Tahpenes in the.midst of.the.household of.Pharaoh and he.was Genubath the.house of.Pharaoh among the.sons of.Pharaoh

*JPS 1917:* And the sister of Tahpenes bore him Genubath his son, whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh's house; and Genubath was in Pharaoh's house among the sons of Pharaoh.

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